Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light)
# Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light)

The Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light) (Mission évangélique des Tziganes de France (Vie et Lumière)) is a Pentecostal church active among Roma.

## History

The denomination has its origins in a mission founded by the Pastor Clément Le Cossec in 1952 in Brest. In 1954, the "Gospel Mission of the Gypsies of France" held its first annual national convention.

In 2015, it would have 100,000 members and 260 churches.

It also is present in several countries outside Western Europe. In several countries the GEM faces persecution.

